Customs Refund Specialists

14/05/2025

Big thank you to Mark & Skye Smith for completing the re-branding and upgrades of the CRS web page and signs outside and inside the building, it looks stunning 😎👍👍👍Some pics below of the new signs ! Please also go have a look at our new web page www.customsrefund.co.za 😎👍👍

13/09/2019

Wow this is scary, be aware of the risk 😎

South Africans who order technology products purchased from Amazon and other US stores may face “country of origin penalties” from SARS – Here are the details.

13/01/2019

Police crack down on cheap imported second-hand cars in South Africa
Staff Writer13 January 20193 Comments
Police crack down on cheap imported second-hand cars in South Africa
The South African police and Sars have cracked down on super-cheap second-hand cars being imported into the country, leaving many motorists without a ride.

According to a report in the Sunday Times, around 20,000 vehicles are illegally registered and sold in South Africa each year.

Since late 2018, however, the police and Sars have started taking action.

The second-hand vehicles are mainly from China and are shipped to South African ports. There, they are taken by criminals and fraudulently registered on the eNatis system – after which they are sold to buyers, many of whom are not aware of the vehicle’s status.

21/08/2018

For our on-line shoppers, BIG BROTHER is watching!

Buy more than three items from international retail sites such as Amazon in the space of a year and you'll automatically become an official importer in the eyes of SARS - and you’ll need to apply for a special code before getting your hands on your purchases.

29/07/2018

Remember my comment about the fake honey 🍯, watching Carte Blanche busting the fake homey manufacturers, some contain almost 67% sugar 😎👍👍

23/06/2018

So this week sadly we became part of the crime stats as some person/s cut the electric fence and scaled the building in our secure office park, forced the window and stole a TV, computer and laptop! They also visited an office downstairs and took 6 more laptops 😡😡😡. Such a pain in the ass and the drama of setting up everything again, two work days lost already but we almost good to go again 👍👍

21/05/2018

THE FAKE HONEY DEBATE -

So we been chatting about these bottles of honey we see at restaurants and on shop shelves. It may say “honey” but what is in the bottle is a cocktail of other products which makes it artificial honey 🍯! Looking at the import tariff on this, natural/raw honey falls in TH 0409 and unless it originates in the EU, you could pay 22% import duty. On the other hand, “artificial” honey even that which contains honey, falls in TH 1702 and is completely duty “ FREE” ! I believe the fake honey is a billion Dollar business in China !

21/05/2018

Some pics from our recent visit to Cape Town 😎

18/05/2018

Saw this on FB last week, nothing to do with an apartheid rule, it is the LAW !